Mooring recovery: The mooring team (Kieran, Gabby and Shannon) started out strong with a successful recovery of the mooring that was deployed August of 2023! After some heavy lifting and lots of help from the Meteor crew (thank you crew!! ☺), the mooring was recovered just one hour after its release !!! Data Evaluation: […]
Das Verankerungsteam (Kieran, Gabby und Shannon) begann mit einer erfolgreichen Bergung der Verankerung, die im August 2023 ausgesetzt worden war! Nach schwerem Heben und viel Hilfe von der Meteor-Besatzung (vielen Dank an die Besatzung!! ☺) wurde die Verankerung nur eine Stunde nach ihrem Release geborgen!!! Datenauswertung Die geborgene Verankerung hat ein Jahr lang (August 2023 […]
Hello again from the Geomar-Coring Team, or as we like to call ourselves, the Mud Team. We have good news: The sampling went well, and we collected many sediments in the first fjords! Now, we are on our way to the third fjord, and as we get slowly used to the waves, we want to […]
Der letzte Blick hinter die Kulissen der Maria S. Merian führt uns ins Behandlungszimmer der Schiffsärztin Nilufar Jawadi. Sie hat mir erzählt, wie sie Schiffsärztin geworden ist, welche Krankheiten sie am häufigsten behandelt und wie wichtig Ernährung an Bord ist.
A key reason why we are in this remote region is that the coastal ocean here is very dynamic. Currents from the north bring sea ice and freezing cold polar water southwards along the coastline, a broad and productive shelf region hosts large mammal populations, and fjords cutting into the land from the ocean act […]
Die Insel Terceira im Hintergrund, eine riesige Schule von Gemeinen Delfinen, die das Schiff begleitet, Sonnenschein und ruhige See: Einen besseren Start für unsere Expedition „ISAAC“ auf der Fahrt M202 des Forschungsschiffs Meteor kann man sich nicht wünschen. Am 21. Juli verließ die Meteor den Hafen von Praia da Vitória, Terceira (Azoren), um sich auf […]
The island of Terceira in the background, a huge pod of common dolphins accompanying the ship, sunshine and calm seas; we cannot ask for a better start to our expedition “ISAAC” on journey M202 of research vessel Meteor. On 21 July, the RV Meteor left the port of Praia da Vitória, Terceira (Azores) to embark […]
Olá da Madeira! The island – a green paradise in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean – has been home to us for almost three months already. How the time flies! We are Lara and Karo, one of 8 teams that currently conduct experiments all over the world as part of this year’s GAME project. […]
Collecting seawater samples for trace metal analysis is different than sampling for other ocean parameters such as temperature, salinity, carbon and so on. Why? The concentration of metals in seawater is naturally very low (hence ‘trace’ metals) and it is important to avoid sample contamination from the ships environment which is full of possible contamination […]
Hi, I am Emilia, marine ecologist. For me ocean is home. First of all, it is home for marine creatures, but temporarily also it is a home for us – visitors living on a ship for several weeks. We all feel that we are lucky ones to explore the realm of marine life in a […]